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PROJECT OVERVIEW MWF Properties, the applicant, intends to develop the south part of Frenchman 15Y Addition, Outlot B, into a 45 unit apartment complex. This property is a commercial lot, located along the north side of Rosemary Way, which had been constructed in 2014. The north part of Outlot B contains a wetland mitigation area created for the purposes of providing in -advance wetland mitigation for the street construction and for unavoidable wetland which would occur as the commercial lots along this section of the street became developed. Presently, 18,479 square feet of wetland credit, approved by the state under WCA, remains for future development at this site. The proposed 45 unit apartment will have underground parking in addition to the outdoor parking lot. The building pad would contain fill to accommodate the underground parking while still maintaining adequate vertical separation above the adjacent wetlands. The following layouts have been considered by applicant to avoid and minimize wetland impact, while meeting city code: 1. 57 unit site plan — 0.42 AC wetland impact (fill) 2.45 unit site plan — 0.32 AC 3.45 unit site plan shifted south —0.30 AC 4. 45 unit site plan, shifted south, parking reconfigured to 43 parking stalls (Preferred Alternative) — 0.18 AC Wetland mitigation will be accomplished at a 2:1 ratio using those credits from the north part of Outlot B. Sequencing flexibility under Minn. R. 8420.0520, Subp. 7a. is requested for those wetland impacts located east and west of the wetland conservation area (Impact areas D, E and F) since the wetland function and value of the replacement credits are greater that impact being proposed. Wetland impact areas A, B and C are exempt from wetland replacement since they are incidental wetlands and not subject to wetland replacement under WCA (Minn. R. 8420.0105 Subp. 2.D.).